Russia: Yakutia Photos by Evgenia Arbugaeva

Posted 7 January 2012 22:37 GMT

Countries	Russia
Topics	Arts & Culture, Photography, Travel
Languages	English
Special	RuNet Echo

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عربي	· روسيا: صور ايفجينيا اربوجيفا لياقوتيا
Español	· Rusia: Fotos de Yakutia de Evgenia Arbugaeva
Έλληνικά	· Ρωσία: Φωτογραφίες της Evgenia Arbugaeva από την Γιακουτία

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Yakutian photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva's photos of the Russian Arctic seaport of Tiksi, located in Yakutia in the area of the Lena Delta - at eYakutia.

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